Rail-fastener.



' invention.

UTED ffi- Mio YTENF lflJEe EMIL Tnoimeeoor Meirunsronr, PENNSYLVANIA.

No. 844,834. specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 1.93, 1907. Aoplleation liled December 6, 1906. Serial No. 346.570.

innei` baselzinge 10 of the reil 4. The inner I edge of the tepering plate 8 is edopted to lie zen of the United States of America, residing parallel Wit-h the mil 4, while lthe outer edge et Mcleesport, in the county of Allegheny lies parallel with the anguhu'ly-disposed end State of Pennsylvenio, have invented groove 6 of the tie 1. The plate S iidjecent certain new end useful lniproveinents in I to the buter edge there-of is provided With 8, Rail-Fasteners, of which the follmving is e depending,inverted-T-shLped tongue 11, one specificatiomreferenee being had th'erein to side of the tongue being of o grenlei' width the oecompenying drewings. then the other side to provide e rocess 13 for This invention reletes to inetfi'llic ties end i o lug'lsl, carried by e loekingkey 15, seid key reil-festeners; find the invention has for its being of o, greater length than the width of object to provide e sin'iile and inexpensive the tie 1. tie upon which reils can e eosily end quielily To secure the detechoble fostenor upon fastened. W the tie 1 to firmly hold the .mil L1 thereon, the Another object of this inven" key 15 is first ola-oed in eugegement With the vide e tie having' a'novel fastenor l To all witam it nuty eoncez'n: Be it known that I. Emifnonueene o citiF :i is to proprevent- 111g the displacement of reils 'inounted theren on,

Briefly described, my improveo' tie eo'm- The fostener prises a plate having outer integrel festenere l l in the recess 12 of seid' tongue. end the hey are then 'placed in engegement With the tie by sliding the tongue ll in the groove 6 until itl beeonies tirmly wedged end inner detecheble fasteners, Athe deteehthereiu. The gn'otruding end of the key 15 obie festeners being held by e .novel form 'of is then bent to enguge the side of the tie 1, es

key disposed et en engle to the reil-seats of sold tie. v i The deteil construction of the tie end festoner Will be presentl Y deser ed end then l speciiieelly pointed out in -ie eppended claims, end reerring to the drenius forming part of this speeiiicetion like nuinerels of reference designate corresponding parts tliroughout the several 1-4 l et lo, thus firmly looking the detneheble fastenei' in engogeinent with the tie 1.

i Joints Where it is desired to secure the eonl festen ers ellowing sui'iioient specefor the ordil nor); fish-plate or eommonl'yjused for l holding the Web portions of two reils together.

From the novel construction of niy im proved tie end roil-festener it will be ohserved thet the use of spikes is dis ensed With, also nuts and bolts', end that y providing the looking-key 15 in connection with the deteohoble festener I em enabled to quickly se eure e mil to a. tie without the use of skilled lnbor. It is obvious that various kinds. of material Inny be used in construetn my im' proved tie end reil-festener end t et such changes in the size, proportion, end minor details of construction es are pei'niissiblo by the eppended clztims may be resorted to without deperting from the spirit and scope of the invention.

VWhat .l oleim, end desire to tors Patent, is-

1. In o metallic tie end reil-festener, the

viewsJ fi Figure 1 is o perspeotive view of o portion '1 of e tieconstrueted in aoeoi'deijiee with .my

Fig. 22 is e persiieetive view of e detnchedfastene 3 is e similar view of Lkey employed for looking the festenerin ,f

a ti Fig. 4 is a plan of e portion of the tie,r illuerating a section of reil festened thereon: To put'my invention into practice, -construct my improved tie of a metellio plate 1, having integrel outer rail-fosteners 2, said festeners correspondin' to overhenging finnges l adapted to engage the outer bese-flange 3 of l l a reil 4. In the accompanying drewings here simply illustreted the outer end of one tie,-rt being understood thet both ends ;of the tie ero similar to the end illust'reted.

` At an ongle to the seat 5 of the rail 4 I pro- I vide the tie 1 With an inverted- -shiped groove 6, the horizontal portion of said l teners carried thereby end odepted to engege the outer bese-flenges of mils, soid tie having englilerly-disposed groovos formed edjo'eent to said outer festeners, detechable festeners mountecl over said grooves end adepted to engege the inner bese-fienges of reils, said testeners having depending ton'gues for engroove et one side thereof being of a greater 'width than the opposite side to provide e key 'Way 7 The deteehable festener edepted to hold one side of the 'rail 4 comprises e tepermg plate 8, recessed, as at 9, to acoommodete the tongue 11 of t ie fostener, the lu;r 111 seeting.

combination With rails, of o plate, outer fes-' My iiupi'oved festeneris epplicziblet mil- -l fronting ends of two Sections upon e tie, 'the' secure by Leti IIO eeeem geging in said grooves, keys engagng said l said estener'edepted to engege in said plate, I tongues a'nd edepted to have then: ends bent a lockmg-key eomcidmg With said tongue, 8,

to engage said tie, substentially as deseribe.

2. A metallic tie end mil-festener embodying a late, an outer integrel fastenei' celried there y; said tie having a groove fofmecl therein et an angle to said outex1 fastener, end detechable esteners mounted over said roove, a depending tongue carried by said astener and edepted to engage in said groove, a, key mounted in said groove end adapted to have its end bent to engage Vthe side of said plate, a, lug carried by said key end engeging said tongue. w

3. Ametellic tie end reil-festener embody ng a plate, e11 outer festener emried thereby, en inner feste'ner, deteehably connected to said plate, a. depending tongue carried by lug'eerriecl by said key and engaging said tongue. t

4. 'A metellic tie end mil-fastener embodying e plate, en outex' estener eerrieo by said plate, a deteohable inner festener,a depenuing reeesserl tengue carried by said estener end edepted te engege 111 s'aid plate, and a looking-key engeging said tongue for holding said festenei' upon said tie. T

En testin'lony whereof I efilx my signature in the presenee of twe Witnesses.

THORNBERG.

Witnesses;

MAX Hv SROLOVITZ; K. H. BUTLER. 

